Full list of cancelled Ryanair flights to be published

If you are booked onto one of the cancelled flights you will receive an email by this evening (Monday).

Ryanair customers were not impressed after Friday's announcement that the airline was to cancel 40 to 50 flights every day for six weeks in order to clear a backlog of staff holidays. The company was only announcing the flights that were being cancelled at short notice and those with plans in the coming weeks called on Ryanair to make public exactly which flights would be affected for the whole six weeks.

List of cancelled flights

The company has now announced that this will happen and all of those who have tickets for a cancelled flight will be informed of this by email this evening. It will then publish a list of all the flights on its website within the next 24 hours.

Michael O'Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, stated that the majority of people would still be able to fly to their destination on the same day. If this wasn't possible they would be moved onto flights either the day before or the day after and all compensation obligations would be met by the airline.

The majority of the cancelled services are at some of the airline's busiest airports, where it will be easier for passengers to switch to an alternative time. The six weeks of cancellations will affect around 400,000 of the company's passengers.

Pilot shortage

The action has become necessary as the airline re-organises its holiday year and has a backlog to clear before December, which has left them with a shortage of standby pilots. This means that if there are any delays to services, caused by air traffic control problems, weather disruptions or strikes, they are leading to additional delays, as there is no flexibility.

Passengers who receive more than 14 days notice of a cancellation are not entitled to receive compensation.

Compensation for cancelled flights

Under EU compensation rules if your flight is cancelled due to an issue that is within the airline's control you are entitled to assistance and compensation. If a flight is cancelled at short notice the airline must give you a full refund within 7 days or re-book the flight.

You can also claim up to £218 for short-haul; £384 for medium-haul; and £523 for long-haul flights.

The list of cancelled flights as they are announced will be available on the Ryanair website.